Its almost that time of year. The heat of summer is at its height and fall seems like it will never arrive. I can’t wait. Only 5 weeks left until the absolutely best time of year! …
Archives for July 2011
Creativity with shutter speed
This week, I am teaching a food photography class at The Light Factory in Charlotte, NC. The class will cover everything you have seen in my photo tutorials and much much more. Next week, I will provide a recap of what the class was like. Anyway, in preparing for the …
Exploring hues with hot peppers
Last week, I talked about monochromatic colors. Today, I am going to continue the journey through color theory and how it relates to “making” photographs. But first, I need to explain something very important. …
using one color to say a lot…
A few weeks ago, I told you that I would be starting a series on color and using it in your food photography styling and composition. Well today is that day. To start off, I am going to begin with the simplest of color schemes, Monochromatic. …
hi and lo key food photography
In deciding how to explain today’s Photo Tutorial, Star Wars was the only thing that came to mind. Yes Star Wars… …
Fireworks and Ice Cream Sandwiches!
Happy July 5th! The 4th of July is great, but July 5th is when you get to tell everyone who wasn’t at your July 4th party what they missed. So here is a roundup of my 4th of July weekend. …
National Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day and 4th of July Grilling
Happy National Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day! I have been looking forward to this day for a very long time! I love Ice Cream, but making my own flavor? How was I going to decide. There must be millions of possibilities that I could try! I found my inspiration in probably the most …


